carve your name [challenge]

Leo was disappointed to feel his paw smack back onto the ground when he realized Bacchus was somehow keeping the limb suspended in the air in front of him. His teeth would meet their mark though and he would feel his teeth sink deep into the thicker part of his nephew's leg. He wouldn't feel Bacchus' jaws leave his scruff like he had hoped. Instead, Bacchus' teeth would bite deeper into his skin while he felt more of the larger man's weight press into him. The bite on his scruff would deepen into some pretty nasty lacerations and he could feel the wetness of his blood on the back of his neck. His jaw tensed from the stinging pain that cut through the adrenaline, but he forced himself not to linger on it. He still had a fight to finish.

Leo kept his defenses in place despite the added pain. His ears remained pinned back against his skull, his eyes were narrowed into protective slits, his shoulders were rolled forward with his hackles raised, and his tail was level with his spine for balance. All four paws were once more on the ground and he made sure to keep his weight distributed evenly so he could hold his own as Bacchus tried to push into him. His toes were spread and his claws dug into the ground to aid with this as well. He kept his muscles tensed and his knees slightly bent to prepare himself for his next move.

He knew he was going to have to do something or they were going to be stuck in this stalemate of seeing who could hold their bite the longest. Leo would release the hold he had on Bacchus' leg, both to move into his next attack and to avoid letting Bacchus strain his jaw. He'd quickly shift his head up, toward Bacchus' neck, with his jaws still spread from opening them to let go of Bachhus' leg. His head was still rotated to his left. He would aim to latch his jaws onto the lower portion of his opponent's neck, near where his neck met with his shoulder. He hoped to bite in such a way that his lower jaw could land across Bacchus' throat to cut off some of his breathing as well, hoping that the shoving motion that Bacchus was doing would worsen this pressure on his opponent's throat as well. He wanted to get Bacchus' leg off of his back, but he couldn't think of a way to do that without risking the integrity of his defenses. So instead, he would focus all of his attention on this bite to the lower portion of Bacchus' throat, hoping to get a firm hold there and give his nephew at least some moderate lacerations.

"Speech"
Bacchus vs Leo for Kingship of Fiori
Round 2/3